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Because I am so intensely identified with opinion and analysis and contextualization, I think I just need, for my own psychological benefit, a small island in which I can stand and say, 'I'm going to sit this one out.'

Keith Olbermann

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Keith Olbermann
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: January 27
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